EXCLUSIVE: Tests conducted by MailOnline at some of the new swimming spots across the country reveal several of them are riddled with E. coli that can cause vomiting and diarrhoea.
Water companies pumped raw sewage into British rivers and seas for a record 3.6million hours last year, more than double than in 2022, new figures have revealed.
Photos show sewage flowing into the River Thames at Thames Water-run Crossness sewage treatment works in east London today. Data shows it was pumped for five hours and 45 minutes.